gender bias

May 13 2013

Monday News: Mark Coker of Smashwords suggests that $3.99 is the new black; Copyright reform for consumers introduced to Congress; Gender hypocrisy exists outside romance

Smashwords: New Smashwords Survey Helps Authors Sell More eBooks – Mark Coker shares some Smashwords data with the public. How much of this can be extrapolated to overall sales is unknown. Some interesting points include that the #1 bestselling book outsells the #500 by 37 times in total revenue; longer books sell better; and $2.99(…)

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Feb 28 2013

Thursday News: Gender swap thoughts in 2000; Irene Adler’s character assassination; and Jacqueline Mitchard’s earrings

Hingston: Kill the hardcover, please – From Reader Lana is this opinion piece in the Edmonton Journal calling for the end of the hardcover. The hardcover is currently the biggest money making item for publishers. Hingston argues that no one wants the hardcover any longer and not just because of the expense. Further Hingston argues(…)

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Tuesday News: Google funds gender roles analysis in film; FTC says it will crack down on privacy in apps; Amazon and Baen make a deal

Dec 11 2012

Tuesday News: Google funds gender roles analysis in film; FTC says it will crack down on privacy in apps; Amazon and Baen make a deal

Yesterday was Ada Lovelace’s birthday and given her historical significance, it brought to mind the recent debate about women’s place in historical fiction. One reader shared with author Scott Lynch his dismay that Lynch would write about a wish fulfillment story featuring a black middle aged female pirate. Lynch profanely tells the reader that he(…)

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Nov 24 2011

Thursday Midday Links: Netflix Bleeds Customers

Happy Thanksgiving folks! After Netflix jacked up its prices and tried to diminish services, it bled customers like a patient with an aortic vein severed. Netflix profits have completely disappeared. According to Business Insider: Yes, that’s the latest news that Netflix tucked into the prospectus for the stock portion of its stock and convertible bond(…)

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Monday Midday Links: Seal Team 6 Trademarked by Disney

May 16 2011

Monday Midday Links: Seal Team 6 Trademarked by Disney

Just a few days after the killing of Osama Bin Laden carried out by a special operations group that the press has called SEAL Team 6, Disney applied for and received a trademark for SEAL TEAM 6. The trademark is to be used in conjunction with “toys, games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles; hand-held(…)

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Oct 15 2008

Gender Bias

[poll id="108"] I admit that I prefer books written by women. I don’t really know why but if I stand in front two books, one written by a man and one by a woman, I’m picking up the book by the female author NO MATTER THE GENRE. When I buy kids books, though, I look(…)

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